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The Director's Role
By Capricorn Two

The director has to be the creative force on all levels, as we know.

My sole problem with NEM was the script. I don't think he should've shot that script and I'm wondering if he had any control he saying - yeah that's great - or he was told to shoot this script regardless of his opinion. Baird doesn't come off as an alpha male; he doesn't appear to have a strong creative presence, who knows what works and doesn't work at the pre-production level, and to tell the producers that this script doesn't work and they need to find another story. That film should've had better for $60M.

Personally - QBing here - I wish NEM was more like the HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER - where Shinzon - a Picard clone - and a renowned warrior of the Dominion War - attempts to deliver this powerful Romulan starship to the Federation and to seek help in stopping his genetic deterioration and to seek the only family he knows - Picard - who has lost his own family. B4 and the death of Data would never had been a subplot. I would've sent the Rikers off early and elevated Data to 'Number One.' If Spiner didn't want to return, I would have no problem that the external appearance of Data was altered with a new actor.

Or, hell, TNG's ENT in the Dominion War and add their story to the canon, which is - what? They sat it out?

I like the look of NEM and it was the first time since GEN that I 'felt' like I was on a starship in a TNG film. SFX were great - editing and music - fine, though there are a couple of deleted scenes he should've kept.

Overall, it was that f$$king script that did NEM in. John Logan can do better.

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